Powder-receptacle.



P. K. WILLIAMS & G. S. HURST.

POWDER RECEPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 24, |9|5.

Patented Aug. 27, 1918.

Bywjw WITNESSES: 6. 31am A TTORNE Y.

UNITED sTATEs PATE T o IoE.

PHILIP K. WILLIAMS AND GEORGE s. nuns'r, or eLAs'roNBUnY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGN- ORS TO THE J". .B. WILLIAMS COMPANY, RATION OF CONNECTICUT.

or GLAS'IONBURY, CONNECTICUT, A conno- POWDER-REGEPTACLE. Y

Specification of Letters llatenti I Patented Aug 1Q1S Application iiledDecember 24, 1915. Serial No 68,469.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that we, PHILIP K. WILLIAMS and GEORGE S. HURST, both citizens of the United States, andboth residents of Glastonbury, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Powder-Receptacle, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to that class of dispensing receptacles more commonly used in connection with toilet powder, and an object of our invention, among others, is to provide a receptacle inwhich the packing or caking of the powder between the dome and the cap isprevented and whereby free delivery of powder at all times in amounts as may be desired is insured.

One form of receptacle enibodying onr invention and in the construction and use of which the objects herein set out, as well as others, may be attained, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top plan view of our improved receptacle;

Fig. 2 is a like view with cap removed;

Fig. 3 is a view in elevation of said reof powder, this dome being inclosed withina cap, commonly screw threaded, which cap is also provided with an opening or openings for discharge of powder, which parts are arranged so that the openings in the dome may be closed. In the use of such receptacles, more especially those employed for holding what are commonly known as talc powders, the powder becomes packed or caked between the dome and the under surface of the cap owing to the peculiar composition of the powder, and this results in closing theholes or openings and thus prevents a free discharge of the powder after it has become so packed, and the difliculty must therefore be removed.

Our improved can obviates'this difficulty and efiectually prevents the powder from becoming so packed as to prevent its free discharge at all times when desired, such ings in which the numeral 5 indicates a can body, 6 a top therefor having a dome 7 rising therefrom and preferably having a screw threaded wall to receive a screw threaded cap 8 that fits upon and incloses the dome. Openings 9 are formed through the top of the dome, each opening being of such size that the powder will not have sufficient strength to pack and cover the opening but will fall through into the can. In the form of construction herein shown three openings are provided separated each from the other by a very narrow bridge 10. These bridges support the crown 11 of the dome, which crown is slightly larger than a hole 12 in the center of the cap 8 thereby leaving a Very narrowmargin 13 between the edges of'the openings 9 and the edge of said hole. The parts thus formed provide a very little surface upon which the powder may accumulate and the openings in the dome are of suchsize that when the cap is screwed to place practically all of the powder underlying the cap will be forced into the can and the rest will pass out through the opening 12 in the cap, and this effectually prevents any clogging of the discharge openings from the receptacles.

As shown in Fig. 4 the crown 11 is round ed, to project into the central opening or hole in the cap, the edges of said hole being tapered to fit'the rounded surface of said crown.

While we have shown and described herein a satisfactory construction of receptacle for accomplishing our purpose, this may be departed from to a greater or lesser degree and yet be within the spirit and intent of the invention. 7

We claim- 7 v 1. A receptacle including a top having a slot of circular form divided by narrow bridges, said slot forming a central portion faces of the top and cap to permit flow of powder said slots. being of a width to cause all powder to fall into the box and clear the slots when the cap is closed.

2. A receptacle including a top having a t I series ofopenings ofa sizetc prevent'caking means for separating the meeting surfaces 10 of a powder across them, and WlthllLITOW of'the'top and cap to pernnt flow of powbridges-merelly to "support" a" crown, said der. I

bridges beingof less area thansaid opena a ings and narrow enough to prevent caking of powder upon them, a cap fitting saidtO the latter having a crown at its center and- Witnesses:

said cap having a centralfhole of lcss diam-- -OJDE L. ALTON, J12,

eter than the distance across saidtcrowm and. V R. O. RIDER.

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